Portrayals of Pope Francis's Authority in the Digital Age

Download or read book Portrayals of Pope Francis's Authority in the Digital Age written by Damian Guzek and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-12-19 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a decade, Francis has transformed Catholicism into a dynamic institution that openly deliberates on urgent questions of society and religion, standing at the forefront of digitally driven public opinion. With this in mind, Portrayals of Pope Francis’s Authority in the Digital Age: Flicks and Media Discourses, and User Perspectives explores the digital portraits of Pope Francis in various types of media content and productions. It investigates how digital Catholic users articulate and negotiate papal authority and through which media they do so.